In an interview with The Guardian, the actor explained why he resisted getting involved with the protests.

"I remember when Occupy happened in LA. I knew a bunch of actors who went down to it," he revealed. "They all drove down there, because no one takes the train, and parked one stop away, because they didn't want to be seen driving their free Audis, and then got on the train. I was like, 'What are you doing? You're probably ruining it for the other people!'"

The Twilight actor further explained: "I guess that's kind of a bubble; you want to say things, but you are being hypocritical. I've never really been in a position to give my opinion on political stuff before, it doesn't really come up.

"But suddenly you've got to take an enormous amount of responsibility."